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http://dx.doi.org/10.24304/kjcp.2017.27.1.9

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak and Responsiveness of the Pharmacy Programs on the Pharmacy Practice Education  

Choi, Kyung Hee (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Choi, Kyung Suk (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Lee, Young Sook (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Kim, Jaeyoun (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Jeong, Kyeong Hye (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Oh, Jung Mi (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Choi, Kyung Eob (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Ra, Hyeon Oh (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
Lee, Euni (Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy, Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs)
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy / v.27, no.1, 2017 , pp. 9-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: Pharmacy curriculum change was made from a 4-year program to a 2+4 year program in year 2009 in Korea. The change has resulted in more educational exposures on patient-centered practice environments for about 1,400 hours in the last year of the professional pharmacy program. When the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak hit Seoul and suburban areas and propagated to other provinces in Korea, emergency response to avoid student infection in the pharmacy practice sites became an urgent issue. While other health professional programs such as medicine and nursing had activated emergency preparedness manuals, timely and clear guidelines were not disseminated to all pharmacy programs and protective measures largely relied on individual pharmacy program. Methods: A survey was developed by the Committee on Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs in the Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy to document the status of pharmacy programs during the Korea MERS outbreak in 2015. The 10-question survey was distributed to the pharmacy practice experience coordinators to 34 out of 35 pharmacy schools in Korea by emails. Results: Our findings showed that 82.4% of the program coordinators (28/34) responded to the survey, 96.4% of the programs did not have emergency preparedness manuals, administrative meetings were held in 89.3% of the pharmacy programs, the rotation schedules were modified or withheld in 53.6% of schools, and the changes were mostly observed from the programs classified as MERS outbreak regions. Conclusion: Further needs in establishing the emergency preparedness manual should be explored for pharmacy education stakeholders.
Keywords
Emergency preparedness; pharmacy practice experience; MERS;
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